Mercy Calhoun

Mercy Calhoun is a Baltimore-based soprano and educator. She was recently seen as Mrs. Bennett and Charlotte in the staged premier of Pride and Prejudice by Kirke Mechem and as Lisa in The Queen of Spades with Peabody Opera. She also maintains an active teaching studio of private and group teaching at the Bethany Music Center.

During the 2018-2019 season, Mercy appeared on the in the Fairy Queen/Spring in The Fairy Queen with Haymarket Opera Company. On the concert stage, she performed as soprano soloist in Bach’s Cantata 71 with Wintergreen Music, a soloist in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Annapolis Chorale, and an ensemble member in Camelot, A Grand Night for Singing & Kiss Me, Kate with Live Arts Maryland. She has also performed the roles of Cunegonde from Candide, Giunone from La Calisto, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and has attended the Wintergreen Music Vocal Intensive and Haymarket Summer Opera Course.

She holds a BM and MM in Voice from the Peabody Conservatory. Mercy currently studies with Ah Young Hong. In her spare quarantine time, she’s cooking and baking up a storm, working on learning The Creation, and breaking out bad one-line jokes.